Houseguest Tray

The other night, our friends stayed the night unexpectedly.  They weren’t planning on staying, so they had nothing packed.  No worries.  I’m totally prepared for this situation.  I go into my guest bathroom, and this is what I find.

Apparently, I was expecting my guests to be really dirty and have a major case of butt rash!  How unattractive!  I might as well just throw it at them while they’re preparing for bed and yell, “Good luck with all that!”

Well, we just cannot have that.  It didn’t used to look like that.  How’d it get that way?  Probably because I didn’t have a cute little tray to display it, right?

It’s best to start out with something ugly for $1.99 and turn it into something pretty.

I simply spray painted it (of course) and added a sheet of scrapbook paper to the bottom.  I didn’t even adhere it.  I might want to change it. Gotta keep my options open.

Next up?  Get yourself to the nearest dollar store (love mine!).  Throw dollar bills at people because you can’t get over how cheap everything is and pick up some supplies.

I bought a 4-pack of toothbrushes for $1.00.  I felt so rich that day that I bought a kids 4-pack, too. 

Of course, razors, deoderant and Vaseline are always nice to have on hand.  I don’t know why the Vaseline.  Rough skin? Makeup removal? It was cute.  And little.  And bright.

I have lotion, shampoo, etc. for guests, but this just takes it up a notch.  For between $5-$10 there’s no panic involved when you have out of town company.  Unless your friend walks into a filthy bathroom (that your husband was supposed to clean) and sees a container of soap and butt cream.  Sorry, Brad and Teri!